A 13-week subchronic oral toxicity study of l-serine in rats

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2356-2360

  Kaneko, I ^a   Han, L ^a   Liu, T ^b   Li, J ^b   Zhao, Y ^b   Li, C ^b   Yi, Y ^b   Liang, A ^b   Hayamizu, K ^a  

^a Central Research Development Laboratory Fancl Corporation   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

Author keywords

l Serine; Rats; Safety; Subchronic toxicity

Indexed keywords

SERINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; HEMATOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MOUTH DISEASE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; RAT; URINALYSIS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BODY WEIGHT; EATING; FEMALE; FOOD ADDITIVES; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; LONGEVITY; MALE; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SERINE; URINALYSIS;

RATTUS;

EID: 67949112593     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2009.06.030     Document Type: Article

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